This is not a good choice for you first perl project, but I understand that is not your choice. Note: This is not the place to find someone else to do it for you. Do you have any other programming experience that we can build on?

You must learn to use a module. You can probably use LWP::Simple to download the html documents. You then have to parse them to get the required data. Because the scope of this project is limited, you may be able to do that with a regular expression. A better approach is to find and use a module from CPAN to parse the html.

If LWP::Simple is installed on you machine, you can access its documentation with the following command on you command line:

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perldoc Lwp::Simple

Your book almost certainly has a chapter on regular expressions. This is not an easy subject unless you are already familiar with them form somewhere else (e.g. unix grep). Again, use perl's tool perldoc to read the pages perlrequick, perlretut, and perlre.

You book should also have a chapter on searching CPAN. Once you have found a module you want to try, you may have to install it. That step depends on what operating system you are using and what version of perl.

I am sure you will have more specific questions as you work. Ask all you need. Good Luck, Bill